Extradition between Canada and the United States

The global response to the events of September 11, 2001, and the United States' war on terrorism has had a dramatic impact on the way Canada and the U.S. conduct extradition procedures between one another. This book examines crucial extradition cases from the 19th to the 21st century, including cases arising out of World War II, the civil rights era, and recent terrorist activities. Highlights include: Attitudes towards extradition in North America from initial reluctance to extradite to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty (1894); The period of the greatest development of extradition law, which occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century; The consolidation of extradition procedure towards a period of assertion of preeminent executive discretion, a "devolution" characterized by an eventual breakdown in cooperation between Canada and the United States in extradition matters after WW II. The extent to which extradition dried up until 1971, when a new extradition treaty between Canada and the United States was negotiated, along with innovative procedures for improving cooperations on both sides of the border; The Treaty of Extradition Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States. Current legislative scheme in Canada's Extradition Act (1999), showing the ways in which executive discretion has been expanded and judicial discretion diminished at virtually every level. The shifting sands of extradition law from the perspective of the twenty-first century, including the ramifications of extraditing alleged terrorists to face justice in a shaken and bestirred US. This is a valuable work for those involved in the myriad extradition cases now existing between the United States and Canada or for those interested in acquiring an understanding of certain historical differences between these North American neighbors.Botting, Gary Norman Arthur is the author of 'Extradition between Canada and the United States', published 2005 under ISBN 9781571053350 and ISBN 1571053352.